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  Typical Antitypical and 1914

  by Finally Left in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.

  why does this not apply to 1914?

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  Finally Left

  Thanks for your comments. I am glad I am not the only one disturbed by the changes. It is so obvious.
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  Typical Antitypical and 1914

  by Finally Left in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.

  why does this not apply to 1914?

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  Finally Left

  That is what I thought too and is the thing that woke me up. I just second guess myself especially after you believed a lie for so long. The overlapping generation should have made us all walk out. I told my husband I will never be able to conduct a Bible study because I cannot teach that. But it didn’t make me leave. The anti typical thing made me do research if Jerusalem was destroyed in 607. However if we don’t believe in typical anti typical this teaching should have been flushed.
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  Typical Antitypical and 1914

  by Finally Left in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.

  why does this not apply to 1914?

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  Finally Left

  Could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  Watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings. Why does this not apply to 1914? Isn’t that a typical anti typical prophecy? There is the first fulfillment with Nebuchadnezzar and then the second with Jesus beginning his reign in 1914. What am I missing?
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  Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Blood Doctrine / Kerry louderback Wood and her Thesis.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just thought i might bring this up again for the many new people that that have come to this site .. the subject : "the tort of misrepresentation of blood transfusions by jehovah`s witnesses" by kerry louderback wood.

  kerry louderback wood p.a.law firm 2005. if you are interested in the subject download it as i am useless in doing so.

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  Finally Left

  Thank you for sharing this. I have downloaded a copy on my computer. Their outright lies resulting in the death of so many is unforgivable. I am surprised there have not been lawsuits against the society for the misrepresentation. They really need to be exposed.
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  What was the EXACT exJW website you first visited and why EXACTLY did you visit it?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had two episodes of visiting exjw websites:one time around 2007 when i just googled "jehovah´s witnesses" and dared to look at those sites.

  i was scared and i promised myself i would never come back to them.

  however, that one didn´t really count.the moment that woke me up was this:i got to know that whitney heichel was a jw and murdered by another jw, because i overheard that conversation in a kingdom hall.i looked up the news and in one of the news comments, there was one where an exjw was complaining that they were hijacking her funeral and they were really trying to downplay the fact that her murderer was a jw... and then it said "visit jwfacts.com"... which i did.and the rest... is history.what exactly got you onto an apostate website when you woke up?

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  Finally Left

  I wanted to know why the circuit assemblies cost so many thousands of dollars. It is ridiculous the money they ask for. I did a search and found Critical Thinker. I still enjoy his videos.
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  First time

  by Deke in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  good evening all, this is my first time posting.. been reading and following for two years.

  my story will come soon.... but i want to say to all, thanks for all the meaningful, intellectual, honest, and insightful words!!

  it’s been an interesting 48 years of service to an organization!

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  Finally Left

  Welcome!! I was in 43 years. Thank goodness we woke up in time to live the years we have left outside the cult. I have never been happier. Waiting for your story. In my opinion it should be easy for the older ones to wake up. We have seen lots of changes and truth doesn't change. Best wishes for you!
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  Where Do You Think Your Dear Loved Ones Are?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since we were jws at one time, has it influenced your view as to where your dead loved ones are now?

  i know many here do not believe in anything biblical but i’m curious as to whether you believe anyone is in heaven?

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  Finally Left

  I think about it a lot too. Isn't if odd that we used to know everything and come to find out we do not understand anything? I too feel an emptiness.
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  Not Being Invited To Gatherings.

  by kennylazo1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you ever found out that your "buddies" from the kingdom hall went out to have fun and did not invite you?

  if so how did you feel?.

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  Finally Left

  We did not receive many invitations, however my husband was always inviting someone over our house for dinner. It was really a lot of work for me and of course they never in turn invite you to their house.

  I will never forget - we were invited over for dinner! Couldn't believe it. However, they received a phone call while we were there from another couple in the Hall and we were asked to leave, they had a better offer!! I would never do that to someone. It shows their lack of manners and did not care about our feelings.
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  A & E Cults-Barbara Anderson

  by Joyzabel in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  16 years ago dateline's report on jw's and child abuse was aired may 28, 2002, a tuesday night and tonight a&e aired on may 29, 2018, tuesday night!.

  i can't help but think how barbara has tirelessly worked to expose the child abuse issue within the watchtower/jw.org and is still working to not only expose the problem but to help change the laws in the usa to help protect children.

  she has a wealth of information gathered for over 20 years on how the governing body protects the pedophile and not help the victims .

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  Finally Left

  I watched the program last night. I still cannot stop thinking about it. I never thought about the people in prison that are studied with, some are molesters and they are brought into the congregations and of course no one is ever told they are child molesters. I am sick.

  The other surprising thought was Barbara Anderson found in the files they have been paying people for years because of the child abuse. Don't you think that if Jehovah and Jesus were leading this organization they would put policies in place to protect children? And obviously they don't care about children but they care about their money. So why not put policies in place so they are not getting sued all the time? They really are stupid.

  I cannot believe I spent over 40 years of my life in this cult. They need to go down and hopefully they are well on the way.
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  The property money: confront them with it

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  with all the jevanka story's at the moment, i got this morning the bad perception that jw.org is playing nice guy with al this maffia money that they got selling their property in brooklyn.. money earned by the buyers with bad deals, political tricks and maffia connected asshole's.. this money is funding all the nice multimedia at conventions and broadcasting.. maybe a nice topic to discuss at the jw chart at the streets on our towns.. follow the money.

  it's all about money.. confronting them with this dirty money laundry is a strong argument.. what do you think about this???.

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  Finally Left

  I know everyone posts here how much money they made selling the buildings and yes they did. However, what if they have been borrowing against the buildings for years? Maybe that is why they needed to sell and get out from under the debt. They stopped getting money from the magazines years ago and maybe they tapped into the equity in those buildings to keep functioning?? So when they sold the buildings they had to pay off the debt and they did not come out with a lot of money?? Just a thought.